Adjustable outside support for shoe repairing



Nov. 17, 1936.

L. E. PAYNE ADJUSTABLE OUTSIDE SUPPORT FOR SHOE REPAIRING 2 Sheets-Sheet1 Filed June 11, 1934 NOV. 17, 1936. PAYNE 2,061,206

ADJUSTABLE OUTSIDE SUPPORT FOR SHOE REPAIRING 4 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledJune 11, 1934 Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNITED STAT Q P AT if. T

FFICE ADJUSTABLE OUTSIDE SUPPORT FOR SHOE REPAIRING 2 Claims.

This invention relates to supports for use in supporting and pressing awelt or other marginal projecting portion of a shoe against the marginof the sole which projects beyond a last located 5 inside the shoe.

In the process of making welt shoes after the welt is attached and theinseam trimmed, a cork filling and cement are placed upon the insole tobring it up level with the inseam. Cement is 10 then applied to thefilling and to the welt and also to the' inner face of the outsole. Theoutsole is positioned upon a shoe and the shoe placed in a sole layingmachine which supports the shoe at the heel and toe portions and forcesa yieldable l5 pad against the outer face of the sole to press it firmlyin contact with the shoe and hold it in position until the cement hasset.

In sole laying machines used in the manufacture of shoes and in theresoling and half-soling thereof it is desirable to brace or sustain theextension of the shoe welt and sole during the cementing of the sole andthe application of pressure to the bottom thereof without bending theextension over the edgeof the last. Therefore in order to' secure aclose and uniform cement union between the welt and the sole andpossibly between an additional extension element desired to be unitedwith the margin of the tread sole, the extension must be sustainedagainst the bottom pressure.

A primary object of this invention is to so construct an outside shoesupport for use in connection with an inside last that the pressureexerted thereby on the welt will be equalized thruout its 3 "entirelength, and any surface patch will be held closely in contact with theshoe upper. Another object is to so construct an outside support for usein connection with an ordinary inside last, said outside support beingdesigned (4 to hold the patch or the shoe and the welt in place duringthe cementing and which support is adjustable to fit shoes of differentsizes and those having different shaped toes.

Still another object is to provide an adjustable support of thischaracter the parts of which are held against slipping during theadjustment and use of the support.

Still another object is to provide a sectional Welt-gripping supportwhich may be nicely ad- 50 justed to fit the shoe to be repaired and theparts then rigidly locked together to move as a single unit whenpressure is exerted thereon by the screw of the cement press.

Another object is to provide a welt-sustaining 55 platen having acontinuous welt-engaging surface formed and arranged to extend aroundthe heel, on both sides and to the toe, at which latter point the platenis divided or formed in sections adapted to be moved toward and awayfrom each other to accommodate shoes of different widths, a bridgingplate being provided between the sections at the toe where the sectionsdo not come together to prevent curling of the welt at this point.

In operating upon shoes of the Goodyear Welt type the sustaining meanswould bear on the welt-strip, while in operating on shoes of other typesit would bear on the shoe element that occupies the positioncorresponding to that of a welt-strip. Therefore, for convenience of ex-15 pression and without implying any limiting significance other thanthat of location, such terms as welt and welt-portion are used in theirbroadest sense in the following description and claims.

These and other features of the invention, including new and importantdetails of construction and combination of parts, will be hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed.

' In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the supportembodying this invention, shown applied, with the sole pressure pad insection;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a top plan View;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a slightly different form of the inventionshown applied, and

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 an inside last L such asis usually used with cementing machines or presses, is shown inserted ina shoe upper U and has a central upstanding member L. This last L bearsagainst the insole of the shoe and cooperates with the outer supportconstituting this invention for holding or sustaining the shoe welt Wand the extension of the sole S during the application of pressure tothe bottom of the sole S by the pad P.

The outer support constituting this invention comprises two sections Iand 2 for engaging and fitting around opposite sides of a shoe, aroundthe heel and extending to the toe. These sections may be made of anysuitable material preferably of aluminum and just heavy enough towithstand the necessary pressure without springing. As shown in Fig. 3the sections I and 2 are hollowed or shaped to fit over and snuglyembrace the sides of a shoe upper U with the lowler edges 4 of saidsections tapered or made wedge-shaped to fit between the upper U and thewelt W and to bear on the outer face of the welt thruout its width. Apiece of felt 3 or other suitable material is designed to be insertedbetween the support and the shoe upper to prevent marring of the upper,while cementing the patch thereto.

The sections I and 2 have upstanding side members and 6 spaced laterallyapart and equipped on their inner faces with longitudinally extendingcorrugations I for interlocking engagement with similar corrugations IIon opposite sides of a vertically movable central member III wherebysaid members 5, I5 and II? are held in adjusted relation during thetightening of a bolt or screw 8 extending thru members 5 and B and thruslots I2 in said member III. This central member II! has alongitudinally extending cut-out portion I3 in its lower face to fitover the upstanding member L of the inside last L.

The front ends of the support sections I and 2 are normally spaced apartas shown in Figs. 2, 5 and '7 to adapt them to be adjusted toward andaway from each other to fit shoe toes of different shapes and shoes ofdifferent widths. Between the front ends of these sections I and 2 isdesigned to be fitted a plate I5 substantially U or horse-shoe shaped asshown in Fig. 2 and which is placed under the front ends of the supportsections I and 2 between them and the welt W. This plate I5 is madethicker at the central portion as shown at I6 and tapers towards theends I! and is sufficiently heavy to prevent the shoe welt fromspringing up or curling while it is in the press. Any desired number ofthese plates I5 may be provided, being of different sizes and shapes foruse in soling shoes of different sizes and having different shaped toes.

In the use of this support the shoe to be patched, soled or half soled,as the case may be, is placed on the inside last L in the usual way.Then this cooperating outside support has its sections I and 2 fittedaround the shoe with their knife-edges 4 inserted in the groove betweenthe welt W and the upper U as is shown clearly in Fig. 3 with a piece offelt or other suitable material 3 arranged between the upper face of theupper and the support to prevent marring of the upper. The bolt 8 isinserted thru the sections I and 2 or rather thru the upstandingportions 5 and 6 thereof. Then the central adjusting member III isinserted between the members '5 and 6 with its cut-out portion I3straddling the upstanding member L of the inside last and its slots I2straddling the bolt 8. The corrugations II of member IB engage thecorrugations I of section members 5 and 6 and lock the parts in adjustedposition, holding them securely while the bolt 8 has its nut tightenedup to force them in tightly clamped relation.

When the parts have been so assembled and the sole S with the cement onits inner face laid on the welt as shown in Fig. 3 the pressure pad P,here shown in the form of a water bag, is placed under the sole or thesole placed on it. Then the screw I8 carried by the cement press isengaged with the central support member I!) and screwed down forcing theassembly down on the pressure pad P where it is held until the cementsets or cures, and thus reliably and uniformly cements the sole to thewelt.

A cement press is not needed when this machine is used to hold a patchin place upon the upper of a shoe; because suflicient pressure can beapplied by bolt 8 and its nut 9.

Figs. 6 and '7 illustrate a modified form employed in repairing shoeswhen'a half sole is to be put on.

Sections Ia and 2a extend from the shank of the shoe, on one side,forwardly and around the toe to the shank of the shoe on the other side.The same cooperating inside last L employed in the form shown in Figs. 1to 5, inclusive, is used in the form of support shown in Figs. 6 and '7and the same character of bridging plates I5a. are used.

When necessary or desirable sections I and 2 and I a and 2a may be madein rights and lefts to conform with the peculiar contours of the shoesto be repaired. It is desirable that the cooperating sections fit theshoe snugly, to get best results; but inequalities in contours, if nottoo pronounced, may be built up or filled in by pieces of felt 3. v

I claim as my invention:

1. In a machine of the class described perforated complementarywelt-gripping elements in combination with a central spacing memberhaving a transverse slot extending vertically therein, and a bolt topass through the perforations and the slot to tightly clamp thewelt-gripping elements and the central spacing member together.

2. In an adjustable outside support for shoe repairing the combinationof two cooperating sec' tions having their inner faces formed to fit thecontour of a shoe and contact and snugly surround and engage therewith,the lower part of each section presenting a wedge-shaped inwardlyprojecting portion to enter between the upper and the welt of a shoe, anadjustable central spacing member between the sections havingcorrugations on its sides, cooperating corrugations on the sections andmeans for drawing together the sections whereby the corrugations on thecentral spacing member and on the sections interengage and hold thecentral spacing member and the sections rigidly in adjusted position tomove as a unit.

LEE E. PAYNE.

